TABLE 3.

Bacterial Burden Data of Select Reusable Neonatal Resuscitation Equipment After Implementing Steaming High-Level Disinfection, Tenwek Hospital, Bomet, Kenya

Time	Equipment	Bacterial Burden, cfu/cm²
Before use	Resuscitation mask	N/A^a
Before use	Bulb suction	N/A^a
After use	Resuscitation mask	<2.3x10²–2.4x10⁴
After use	Bulb suction	<2.3x10²–4.1x10⁴
After reprocessing	Resuscitation mask	<2.3x10²–7.5x10³
After reprocessing	Bulb suction	<2.3x10² –2.9x10³

^a N/A, not available. Equipment quickly rotated through being used and being disinfected, such that no equipment ever sat too long to be sampled “before use.”